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-cort

UK/kɔːt/US/koɹt/

-cort suffix: used to form names of corticosteroids except prednisolone derivatives.

Suffix

-cort

  1. Used to form names of corticosteroids except prednisolone derivatives.

Forms of -cort

alternative formcort-
alternative form-cort-

Origin of -cort

From corticosteroid.

Questions about -cort

What does -cort mean?
-cort means used to form names of corticosteroids except prednisolone derivatives.
What part of speech is -cort?
-cort is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -cort?
-cort is pronounced /kɔːt/ (UK).

Words near -cort in the dictionary

  1. -cont-
  2. -conta-
  3. -copter
  4. -core
  5. -corn
  6. -cort
  7. -cort-
  8. -cos-
  9. -cosa-
  10. -cosm
  11. -coxib

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